Quotes By Theodor Adorno
The individual mirrors in his individuation the preordained social laws of exploitation, however mediated.
Theodor Adorno
Today self-consciousness no longer means anything but reflection on the ego as embarrassment, as realization of impotence: knowing that one is nothing.
Theodor Adorno
Not only is the self entwined in society; it owes society its existence in the most literal sense.
Theodor Adorno
Proletarian language is dictated by hunger. The poor chew words to fill their bellies.
Theodor Adorno
Truth is inseperable from the illusory belief that from the figures of the unreal one day, in spite of all, real deliverance will come.
Theodor Adorno